Biden tests negative for COVID, completes 5-day isolation: ‘Back to the oval’

President Biden tested negative for COVID on Tuesday night, five days after first testing positive for the virus, and is set to exit isolation on Wednesday, the White House said.

Biden, 79, tested negative again on Wednesday morning, according to a memo from the president’s White House physician, Kevin O’Connor.

O’Connor said in his note that Biden was fever-free, had not taken Tylenol over the previous 36 hours and was experiencing minimal symptoms that have “almost completely resolved.”

“Given these reassuring factors, the President will discontinue his strict isolation measures,” O’Connor wrote in the memo.

Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks from the White House Rose Garden at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday.

When around others, Biden will continue wearing a mask for a complete 10 days, O’Connor said. And the president will increase his testing frequency to protect others and to monitor any post-isolation virus flare-up, the doctor added.

The president, who is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots, was treated with Paxlovid, an antiviral therapy.

His infection with COVID proved far smoother than former President Donald Trump’s in 2020. Trump was hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

After testing positive last Thursday, Biden tweeted, “Folks, I’m doing great,” with a picture of the him working and smiling at his desk. “Keeping busy!”

He continued to work remotely, and ripped his predecessor over Jan. 6 in video remarks Monday to the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, saying that Trump “lacked the courage to act.”

The same day, Biden posted an image showing him working ouside next to his grinning German Shepherd dog, a corded phone by the president’s ear and aviator sunglasses over his eyes. “Took some calls this morning with man’s best co-worker,” he tweeted.

And on Wednesday, Biden posted a picture of a COVID test with a single pink line — signalling an infection-free status.

“Back to the Oval,” Biden tweeted. “Thanks to Doc for the good care, and to all of you for your support.”